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Amazon, Disney, Netflix, Sony, and other major media companies have won a $7.65 million judgment in a Set TV lawsuit alleging the company promoted its service for “overwhelmingly, if not exclusively, infringing purposes.”
Why was Set TV sued?
Set TV offered cheap access to more than 500 TV channels as well as shows and even movies still in theaters. Consumers would need to either obtain a set-top box preloaded with shows for $89 or install an application called “Setvnow” and pay $20 a month to access the content.
Major content producers, including Columbia Pictures, Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros., among others, contended that the company allowed and even encouraged their customers to infringe on copyrighted material. As a result, the company was hit with the Set TV lawsuit in April 2018.
What does the Set TV lawsuit claim?
Major content producers claimed that the subscription and other fees charged by Set TV were only paid to that company. According to the complaint, Set TV infringed on the plaintiffs’ copyright interests by failing to negotiate and pay them for use of their content.
The Set TV lawsuit also alleged that the company dupes consumers into thinking they are using a legitimate streaming service.
“For the customers who use Setvnow, the service provides hallmarks of using authorized streaming services – a user-friendly interface and reliable access to popular content – but with a notable exception: the customers only pay money to Defendants, not to Plaintiffs and other content creators upon whose copyrighted works Defendants’ business depends,” alleged the Set TV lawsuit.
The Set TV lawsuit claimed that the company piggybacked off of some of the “most popular and critically acclaimed motion pictures and television shows in the world” created by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs say that they own or have exclusive rights to that content, but Set TV allows users to access that content without authorization.
“Plaintiffs have not authorized [Set TV or their customers] to exercise any of Plaintiffs’ exclusive rights under the Copyright Act,” noted the lawsuit.
Set TV Sued: Now What?
Nearly a dozen content producers want Set TV to be shut down, according to the lawsuit. In addition, they were seeking $150,000 per copyright infringement.
On July 31, 2019, the plaintiffs received a $7.65 million default judgment in the Set TV lawsuit against Set Broadcast LLC and its owners. Cord Cutters reports that the owners of Set TV stopped responding to the Set TV lawsuit, leading to the multimillion dollar default judgment.
In addition, Set TV has also reportedly lost a lawsuit to DISH in 2018. DISH won a $90 million judgment in that action.
Did you have a Set TV subscription or Set TV set-top box? Let us know in the comment section what you thought of the service.
The plaintiffs are represented by Kelly M. Klaus, Michael B. Desanctis, and Elizabeth A. Kim of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.
The Set TV Lawsuit is Amazon Content Services LLC, et al. v. Set Broadcast LLC, et al., Case No. 2:18-cv-00325, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division.
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Why wasn’t I included in this class action suit? I had service with them and the service abruptly stop working with no contact from anyone. The email I used at the time of service.
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